When Hawaii’s Japanese-American Daniel Inouye first entered the Senate, his colleagues had trouble pronouncing his name. But one day, at a meeting of the Commerce Committee, one of the Senators, angry about an amendment just made to a bill under discussion, blurted out: “I will not accept that amendment - in no way!”
“Gentlemen,” said Senator Inouye triumphantly, “that is exactly how you pronounce my name!”
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